Device for securing clothes to lines.



PATENTED JULY 9, 1907.

R. WYLIB. DEVICE FOR SBGU'R ING CLOTHES T0 LINES.

APPLIOATION FILED JUNE 2, 1906.

RICHARD WYLIE, OF NAPA, CALIFORNIA.

PATEN T OFFICE.

DEVICE FOR SECURING CLOTHES TO LINES.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented. July 9, 1907.

Application filed June 2, 1906. $erial No. 319,893.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, RICHARD WYLIE, a citizen of the United States,residing at Napa, in the county of Napa and State of California, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Devices for SecuringClothes to Lines; and I do hereby declare the following to be a. full,clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enableothers skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and usethesame, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to theletters and figures of reference marked thereon, which form a part ofthis specification. I

This invention relates to new and useful improvements in devices forfastening clothes to lines, and comprises a grooved strip adapted toreceive the clothes-line to which it is held by means of a ring.

The invention comprises various details of construction and combinationsand arrangements of parts which will be hereinafter fully described andthen specifically defined in the appended claims.

My invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which:-

Figure 1 is a section of a line, showing the application of my clothesholder. Fig. 2 is an enlarged perspective view of my invention, and Fig.3 is a cross sectional view.

Reference now being had to the details of the drawings by letter, Adesignates a line wire, preferably of metal, and B designates a strip ofwood having a longitudinal groove B formed therein ofsufiicient depth toreceive said clothes-line. D'designates a ring which passes about saidstrip and is adapted to retain the wire within said groove.

The clothes to be held by the fastener are placed over the wire and thestrip pushed longitudinally with the wire so that the clothes will catchbetween the line and the groove of the strip, and the clothes arefrictionally held by portions thereof being disposed intermediate theline and the sides of the groove, thereby securely holding the same inplace. As the weight on the line increases, the latter will sag down andcause the device to clamp more securely the clothes at each end of thegrooved piece B. When it is desired to release the fastener, the samemay be pushed upon the line, thereby freeing the clothes from thefrictional grip intermediate the line and the clothes.

By the provision of the fastener shown and described, it will be notedthat the portion of the line which engages the clothes is housed andprotected from the elements, and hence the clothes are not likely tobecome stained from rust or dirt.

What I claim is:

In combination with a clothes-line, a strip having a longitudinal groovetherein of a depth equal to the diameter of said line to be heldtherein, a ring movably held upon said strip and designed tofrictionally bear against a line in said groove and hold the latteragainst the bottom of the groove, as set forth.

In testimony whereof I hereunto aflix my signature in the presence oftwo witnesses.

RICHARD WYLIE.

Witnesses:

C. B. Sumner, I-InNsLnY S. DAVIS.

